Guide-frame for gas-holders.



H. J. STOFPELS] GUIDE FRAME FOR GAS HbLDERS. APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 15, 1908.

Patented Oct. 13,1908.

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. Applicationfiled lanuary 1,5, v1908. .Serial No. 410,905. 7

- Be-it k nown that'I, HENRY JOHNQSTOF- FELS, a citizen of the Empire of Germany,

residing in Norwood, in the county of Ham ilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guide-' Frames for Gas-Holders, of which the fol-- lowing is a specification. I

"This invention" relates to an improved guide-frame for gas-holders by which the stresses in'the guide-frames of gas-holders when subjected to wind pressure are more effectively disposed of at opposite sides of theguide-frame, and thereby an easier motion of the gas-holder obtained.

In the guide-frames heretofore in' use the gas-holder is guided on the columns-by means of rollers, which can be radial, or of a combined system of radial and tangential rollers." The old radial roller-type hasone radial roller which is guided along the inside-face of the guide-column. The combined radial and tangential roller-type has a close contact with the guide-columns on the leeward side, while they do not eventouch them on the windward side. This is objectionable as it impedes the movement of the gas-holder in its guide-frama The object of this invention is to furnish an improved construction of guide-frame for gas-holders in which all the columns are called into action, that is to say, in which all the guide-columns on the windward side as well as on the leeward side are called into action, and thereby the motion of the gasholder when the same is exposed to wind pressure facilitated and the stresses on the guide-frame reduced; and for this purpose the invention consists of a guide-frame for gas-holders the columns of which are acted upon on one side by one radial roller supported on the gas-holder and on the opposite side by two radial rollers, the latter acting on the windward side of the guide-columns, while the inside radial rollers act upon the leeward side of the guide-columns, as will holder. v

rounding the gas'-holder. isprovided with radial rollers d, the axles =of -which are supported inradial supports appear from the following description and claims. y

In the accompany ng drawings, Figure 1 is a horizontal diagrammatic section of my improved construction of gas-holder and guide-columns with inside and outside radial rollers, when the gas-holder is subjected to wind pressure, Fig. 2 isa like horizontal section, showing the gas-holder and its guide-columns subjected to wind pressure and arranged withinside-and outside radial rollers and with tangentlal rollers according to my nnproved construction, and Figs. 3

and 4 are sectional plan-views of my improved construction of gas-holder and guidecolumns, drawn on-a larger scale and showmg the location of the radial guide-rollers of Figs. 3 and 4 respectively 011 the windward and on the leeward side of the gas- I Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the views.

Referring to the drawings, a represents a gas-holder and b the guide-frame for the same, which latter consists of a number of upright guide columns b which are located at the circumference of the steel tank sur- The gas-holder a CF. The radial guide-rollers d are guided along the inside faces of the guide-columns on the up and down motion of the gasholder. To the supports al are applied two additional rollers e 0, one on each side of the webs of the guide-columns, which act on the outer faces of the guide-columns. As shown, the guide-columns are each composed of two Lbeams placed at right angles to each other and the inner radial rollers d cooperate with the faces of the inner flanges of the inner I- beams. The rollers e cooperate with the outer faces of said inner flanges at opposite sides of the web, thus acting oppositely to the inner radial rollers, the axes of said rollers 6 extending parallel to those of the inner rollers.

Normally the gas-holder, when there is no wind pressure, is guided by the larger radial rollers cl and the smaller pair of outside rollers 6 without any stress on the columns. When the gas-holder is subjected to wind pressure, the radial guide-rollers at the windward side are moved away from the faces of the guide-columns and at the leeward side towards the guide-columns so that guidethe radial guide-rollers leewards are placed in contact with the same. The radial guiderollers c which are located at right angles to the wind are not called into action. The pair of radial rollers on the windward side are placed in contact with the guide-columns and the pair of radial guide-rollers on the leeward side are moved slightly away from them so as not to be called into action, so that the gas-holder is supported on the windward side by the smaller pair of guide-rollers and on the leeward side by the larger guide-rollers. By this arrangement the guide-columns that are located on the wind ward side are called into action as well as those on the leeward side, while the two guide-columns which are located at right angles to the direction of the wind are not acted upon by the radial rollers.

The pair of radial guide-rollers can also be used in connection with the large radial guide-roller (Z acting on the inner face of the guide column and the two tangential rollers acting on the side-faces at the outer ends of each guide-column, as shown in Fig. 2. These side-faces are formed by the flanges of the outer I-beam. The effect of this arrangement is that when the gasholder is subjected to wind pressure the resultant of the tangential and radial forces will be the same for each guide-column, the tangential rollers acting upon the columns at the sides which are not acted upon in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1. In this manner all the columns will be brought into action and subjected to a uniform strain.

The advantage of the improved construction of guide-frame and inside and outside radial guide-rollers for gas-holders is that by the decreased stresses exerted on the guide-columns a considerable saving in material is obtained, and also the easier and more reliable movement of the gas-holder when subjected to wind pressure.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination, with a gas-holder and the guide-frame for the same composed of a plurality of upright guide-columns, of radial rollers moving over the inner face-sides of said guide-columns, and radial rollers moving over the outside of the guide-columns and acting oppositely to said first-named radial rollers.

2. The combination, with a gas-holder and the guide-frame for the same composed of a plurality of guide-colun'ins, of radial rollers moving over the inner face-sides of the columns, tangential rollers moving over the outer rear-ends of the columns, and radial rollers moving over the outsides of the columns and acting oppositely to said lirstnamed radial rollers.

The combination, with a gas-holder a guide-column therefor having inner and outer guide-surfaces, of a roller on the gasholder traveling on the inner guide-surface, and means on the gas-holder acting oppositely to said roller and cooperating with the outer guide-surface.

l. The combination, with a gas-holder and a guide-column therefor con'iprising an I- beam, of a radial roller mounted on the gasholder and traveling on the inner face of one flange of said I-beam, and radial rollers on said gas-holder having their axes parallel to that of said first-named roller and traveling on the outer face of said flange at opposite sides of the web.

5. The combination, with a gas-holder and a guide-column therefor composed of inner and outer I-beams arranged at right angles to each other, of a radial roller on the gasholder traveling on one of the flanges of the inner I-beam, a pair of radial rollers on the gas-holder traveling on the opposite face of said flange at opposite sides of the web, and tangential rollers on the gas-holder traveling on the flanges of the outer I-beam.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY JOHN STOFFELS.

lVitnesses RAPHAEL B. Lunnnn, lVM. B. HILLIinRANn.

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